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The New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection
The New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection, Vol. 5
Norman Osborn's Dark Reign goes from bad to worse when one of the Hood's gang learns how to shut down the Avengers' powers! Thor and the Dark Avengers lend a hand against the Frost Giant Ymir! Earth's new Sorcerer Supreme has a lot to learn! Ronin takes drastic action in an assassination attempt on Osborn! And Steve Rogers makes his triumphant return - but when gods fall, is he too late to save the day? Asgard is under siege as the end of an era arrives! Plus, a secret New Avengers love story and the hidden history of Peter Parker and Jessica Jones! COLLECTING: FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2009 (AVENGERS), NEW AVENGERS (2004) 55-64, DARK REIGN: THE LIST - AVENGERS ONE-SHOT, NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL (2006) 3, NEW AVENGERS FINALE; MATERIAL FROM AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1999) 601, BREAKING INTO COMICS THE MARVEL WAY 1
408 pages, Paperback
First published May 12, 2010
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About the author
Brian Michael Bendis
4,419 books2,570 followersA comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.
Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.
Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.
Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.
Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.
He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.
Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.
Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.
Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.
Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.
He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.
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October 24, 2022
Not a bad volume but definitely one that suffers from Event Saturation, and worst of all where most of the cool stuff (Asgard appearing over Oklahoma, Steve Rogers coming back from the dead) happens elsewhere and just get referred to in summary here.
July 29, 2021
Bendis' "New Avengers" has been fairly entertaining. Volume Five keeps up with this tradition.
This could be considered the end of the Civil War run. It starts with the Avengers dealing with Norman Osborn as being in charge of SHIELD. Many villains are working for him under the Thunderbolts program and the Avengers are just trying to stay alive.
Eventually, this leads to the Fall of Asgard and Norman Osborn's ultimate defeat. The vast majority of the stories have pretty good art and are entertaining. I didn't really care for the excessively long-winded Luke-Jessica discussions. There is also the story with the Hood and his trying to take over Kingpin's spot. As well as a few heroes returning to the scene. There is a lot going on in this volume.
This would have been a 5-star volume, since Bendis' humor works well with this set of Avengers, but there is a lot going on OUTSIDE this title. That is the weakness of mega-mega-events, when you create a collection of comics then you have a disjointed story.
Still, all things considered, this is an entertaining volume and I think Avengers fans will really like it. I am curious to see where the Avengers go from here.
This could be considered the end of the Civil War run. It starts with the Avengers dealing with Norman Osborn as being in charge of SHIELD. Many villains are working for him under the Thunderbolts program and the Avengers are just trying to stay alive.
Eventually, this leads to the Fall of Asgard and Norman Osborn's ultimate defeat. The vast majority of the stories have pretty good art and are entertaining. I didn't really care for the excessively long-winded Luke-Jessica discussions. There is also the story with the Hood and his trying to take over Kingpin's spot. As well as a few heroes returning to the scene. There is a lot going on in this volume.
This would have been a 5-star volume, since Bendis' humor works well with this set of Avengers, but there is a lot going on OUTSIDE this title. That is the weakness of mega-mega-events, when you create a collection of comics then you have a disjointed story.
Still, all things considered, this is an entertaining volume and I think Avengers fans will really like it. I am curious to see where the Avengers go from here.
May 3, 2019
This is the first time I've finished Bendis New Avengers run (he does another after this but it's much shorter)
So we start this off after Norman Osborn has taken over Shield and his Dark Avengers have taken over. Dark Reign is one of my favorite eras in Marvel too since it turns a lot of villains into heroes in the public's eye. So this volume, 80% of it, is basically the new avengers on the run from the dark avengers. On top of that, The Hood's gang decides to follow a new leader who actually becomes pretty dangerous.
This is pretty entertaining. Pace wise it's great. Lots of quips so be ready for that, but it's the fun plot that works well. While the first issue and a couple of middle issues seem oddly placed, and only getting glimpses of what happened in siege, the overall plot and storyline is ton of fun. Basically a survival chapter in the New Avengers world. A 3.5 out of 5, but I'll bump it to a 4.
So we start this off after Norman Osborn has taken over Shield and his Dark Avengers have taken over. Dark Reign is one of my favorite eras in Marvel too since it turns a lot of villains into heroes in the public's eye. So this volume, 80% of it, is basically the new avengers on the run from the dark avengers. On top of that, The Hood's gang decides to follow a new leader who actually becomes pretty dangerous.
This is pretty entertaining. Pace wise it's great. Lots of quips so be ready for that, but it's the fun plot that works well. While the first issue and a couple of middle issues seem oddly placed, and only getting glimpses of what happened in siege, the overall plot and storyline is ton of fun. Basically a survival chapter in the New Avengers world. A 3.5 out of 5, but I'll bump it to a 4.
February 24, 2019
FCBD (2009). The New Avengers and the Dark Avengers fight! There are some interesting interactions between Ares and Thor and it's good to see everyone, but otherwise this isn't a particularly exciting book. Still, good to finally have it in a TPB [3+/5].
Powerless (55-60). The latter part of Bendis' first New Avengers run concentrated on a romantic triangle: The New Avengers, Osborn's Dark Avengers, and The Hood's villain mob. This volume squares the triangle, bringing all of the groups together in a rollicking riot. There's a plot, about a power dampener and the effect it has on Luke, but that's mainly the excuse to bring Bendis' long-running storylines together, ready for the big finale. (Mind you, it's nonetheless a good, exciting and desperate story!) [4/5].
"The Best Version of Myself" (ASM 601). Wow, this is a great little Jessica Jones short that I'd never read. Go collections editors! [4+/5].
The List: The Avengers After all that talking about going after Osborn, it's good to discover that Hawkeye actually did (in another comic that wasn't available in the trades for too long!) [4/5]
New Avengers Annual #3. Because of Clint's stupidity in the (often uncollected) The List - Avengers, the New Avengers need to rescue him. Yawn. a sort of uninspiring comic [3/5].
Siege (61-64, Finale). Obviously this story includes the Siege of Asgard, but equally obviously that story is very fractured, with most of the events occurring elsewhere. However, beyond that this finale arc smartly concentrates on The Hood, who's been the real recurring villain of The New Avengers. So we get him powering up his crew, we get them fighting in the Siege, and then we get the final attack upon him. It's a good fulfilling end to Bendis' five-year run on New Avengers (though he of course does do another, shorter run immediately afterward) [4/5].
Powerless (55-60). The latter part of Bendis' first New Avengers run concentrated on a romantic triangle: The New Avengers, Osborn's Dark Avengers, and The Hood's villain mob. This volume squares the triangle, bringing all of the groups together in a rollicking riot. There's a plot, about a power dampener and the effect it has on Luke, but that's mainly the excuse to bring Bendis' long-running storylines together, ready for the big finale. (Mind you, it's nonetheless a good, exciting and desperate story!) [4/5].
"The Best Version of Myself" (ASM 601). Wow, this is a great little Jessica Jones short that I'd never read. Go collections editors! [4+/5].
The List: The Avengers After all that talking about going after Osborn, it's good to discover that Hawkeye actually did (in another comic that wasn't available in the trades for too long!) [4/5]
New Avengers Annual #3. Because of Clint's stupidity in the (often uncollected) The List - Avengers, the New Avengers need to rescue him. Yawn. a sort of uninspiring comic [3/5].
Siege (61-64, Finale). Obviously this story includes the Siege of Asgard, but equally obviously that story is very fractured, with most of the events occurring elsewhere. However, beyond that this finale arc smartly concentrates on The Hood, who's been the real recurring villain of The New Avengers. So we get him powering up his crew, we get them fighting in the Siege, and then we get the final attack upon him. It's a good fulfilling end to Bendis' five-year run on New Avengers (though he of course does do another, shorter run immediately afterward) [4/5].
January 3, 2018
Collects Free Comic Book Day 2009 (Avengers), New Avengers (2004) issues #55-64, Dark Reign: The List - Avengers One-Shot, New Avengers Annual (2006) issue #3, New Avengers Finale, and material from Amazing Spider-Man (1999) issue #601,and Breaking into Comics the Marvel Way #1
A lot of this collection surrounds the actions of the Hood, Parker Robbins. First we get a story in which one of the Hood's villains figures out a way to drain superpowers. This leaves the New Avengers incapacitated. Osborn and his Dark Avengers get involved, and there are tons of cameos as other heroes join the fight.
The second half of the collection ties into "Siege," but it isn't required reading for the event. It fills in some holes in the story, but they weren't issues that I was asking about. We learn more about the fate of the Hood and Madame Masque. Plus, this run of "New Avengers" ends, and sets up the "Heroic Age."
A lot of this collection surrounds the actions of the Hood, Parker Robbins. First we get a story in which one of the Hood's villains figures out a way to drain superpowers. This leaves the New Avengers incapacitated. Osborn and his Dark Avengers get involved, and there are tons of cameos as other heroes join the fight.
The second half of the collection ties into "Siege," but it isn't required reading for the event. It fills in some holes in the story, but they weren't issues that I was asking about. We learn more about the fate of the Hood and Madame Masque. Plus, this run of "New Avengers" ends, and sets up the "Heroic Age."
January 22, 2023
I’m happy reading pretty much anything written by Bendis— I like the guy’s sense of humor. I’ve read some “Dark Reign” stories before, but it never really occurred to me that Bendis was kind of predicting Donald Trump’s rise to power in 2016: “What happens if the Green (Orange?) Goblin seizes the machinery of government?”
Anyway: this particular book is a bit hard to follow since it skips around a lot, but overall it made sense enough to me, and of course I always like reading about Spider Man.
Anyway: this particular book is a bit hard to follow since it skips around a lot, but overall it made sense enough to me, and of course I always like reading about Spider Man.
June 28, 2024
Not a terrible volume by any means, but you can tell that this title kinda took a backseat to Dark Avengers during “Dark Reign”. It was fun whenever the New Avengers faced off against Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers, but it just didn’t happen enough. The “Sorcerer Supreme” arc felt like it would’ve been better off in a Doctor Strange book, and the “Siege” tie-ins really started to make me get sick of the Hood and his goons. Onto the Heroic Age now, hopefully it isn’t too much of a fall off from this “Golden Era” of the New Avengers.
May 1, 2022
This concludes the first volume of The New Avengers. The battle of Asgard (Seige) and the end of Harry Osborne and his Dark Avengers.
The ending is a bit weak, but at least Baby Cage is back with her parents and the New Avengers are no longer fugitives and the Superhuman registration act has be overturned.
Plus the short tale of Jessica Drew and Danny Rand . . ah . . .making whoopie?
The ending is a bit weak, but at least Baby Cage is back with her parents and the New Avengers are no longer fugitives and the Superhuman registration act has be overturned.
Plus the short tale of Jessica Drew and Danny Rand . . ah . . .making whoopie?
July 22, 2022
Really enjoyed this and the continued fight against Norman Osborn's Dark Reign. Seeing the heroes struggle and Spider-Man calling them out for being snobbish superheroes because they are all so upset to be in the exact same position that Spider-Man has been in his entire life.
May 16, 2018
Really solid story. Art is good but falls off a bit at the end.
July 30, 2018
Bendis completes the stories he began when he took over the New Avengers. It has been a fun ride. On to the further adventures of the New Avengers, still scripted by Bendis.
April 6, 2021
I could swear I read this before. Surprisingly Hood and Ronin centric. Still good.
December 2, 2022
The New Avengers series by Brian Michael Bendis ebbed and flowed throughout the run but it was overall a fantastic take on the Avengers and came to a satisfactory conclusion.
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